2022 AFL Women's season 6 | |
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Overview | |
Date | 7 January—9 April 2022 |
Teams | 14 |
Premiers | ‹See Tfd›Adelaide 3rd premiership |
Runners-up | ‹See Tfd›Melbourne 1st runners-up result |
Minor premiers | ‹See Tfd›Adelaide 2nd minor premiership |
Best and fairest | Emily Bates (Brisbane) 21 votes |
Leading goalkicker | Ashleigh Woodland (‹See Tfd›Adelaide) 19 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 75 |
Total attendance | 144,271 (1,924 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 5,533 (round 1, ‹See Tfd›Fremantle v ‹See Tfd›West Coast) |
Highest (finals) | 16,712 (grand final, ‹See Tfd›Adelaide v ‹See Tfd›Melbourne) |
2022 AFL Women's season 6 was the sixth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 14 clubs and ran from 7 January to 9 April, comprising a ten-round home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top six clubs. It was the first of two seasons to take place in the 2022 calendar year, with the competition's seventh season held from August to November.
‹See Tfd›Adelaide won the premiership, defeating ‹See Tfd›Melbourne by 13 points in the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 Grand Final; it was Adelaide's third AFL Women's premiership. Adelaide also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 9–1 win–loss record. Brisbane's Emily Bates won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, and Adelaide's Ashleigh Woodland won the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkicker.